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Day in the Life

Jan 3, 1846

Journal Entry

January 03, 1846 ~ Saturday

3rd [FIGURE] I recieved A letter from
Nauvoo from W. W. Phelps
containing A Power of Atturney to
collect some money for a Brother in Nauvoo
from Mr Luton of Liverpool I called but
He was not at home. I left Liverpool
took cars rode to Preston spent the night
with br Wm Smith distance 40 miles

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Smith, William B.
13 Mar 1811 - 13 Nov 1893
30 mentions
Apostle
Phelps, William Wines
17 Feb 1792 - 7 Mar 1872
162 mentions

Places

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois
Preston, Lancashire, England

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Letter to Aphek and Azubah Hart Woodruff, 3 January 1846

Liverpool Dear Father & Mother I recieved your Kind letter under Date of Nov 28th And I have but a few mom[en]ts allotted me to give you an answer in order to have it go by the steem Ship. In reply to your Letter I would say: I have never recieved any council Either from president Young, the Lord or any Body els to go to Calafornia by water around Cape Horn. I have No intentions of going any other way ownly by Conneticut for the purpose of taking my Father & Mother with me and as many other friends that are in the Church as see fit to go with me. I have not had but 15 or 20 [illegible] a time to get means & prepare myself for this great Labour Care & Deliverance of my friends & I have never seen a time since I remember in this kingdom when there was the same amount of care & Labour resting upon my shoulders as at the

Letter to Aphek and Azubah Hart Woodruff, 3 January 1846

Steem Pocket [POSTMARKS] Mr. Aphek Woodruff Farmington Hartford Co Connecticut U.S.A. [end of sideways text] [upside-down text] Phebe has been quite unwell of late with ague in the face she is some better now. I have written this in a great haste I hope you will be able to make it out [end of upside-down text]

Letter to Ozem Thompson Woodruff, 3 January 1846

Liverpool Dear Brother in the Kingdom of God I once more call upon Uncle Ozem to read a few words from me of but a few as the ship is about starting. I have though[t] much of Uncle Ozem of late And to cut a long story short I am going to Nauvoo & there to Cala. I want to take my kindred with me, as may as will go. My family leaves Liverpool for Nauvoo via New Orleans the 10 Jan. I leave for New York the 16th I shall ^call^ upon father Woodruff in Farmington as I go along. I wish to see you then I think of taking father & Mother to the west with me & one of the greatest wishes of my heart is that Unclese Ozem maybe in our camp & go with us to esstablish a colony I dont know how Aunt Hannah & your family would feel about going with us if you or any of our friends that in the church wish to go with me I will Rendar them any assistance in my power I will with pleasure give my Respects to your family should you feel disposed to go along you will do well to make any preperations that you can before I can & the Rest afterwards I shall want to start for Conneticut the lart of everMarch. Your Brother in the field W Woodruff

Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 2

On I left Liverpool for Preston and preached on the Sunday The glasgow conference sent me elveven pounds three shillings and the Manchester conference 42 pounds and Birmingham six pounds to assist me and my family to return to America. I gave out of this 12 pounds to Elder Clark

Events

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February 7, 1846
On final day of work in temple, 600 received ordinances; total of 5,615 received endowments in Nauvoo.
February 15, 1846
Times and Seasons stops serial publication of the Manuscript History of the Church (history ends with events on August 11, 1834).

Jan 3, 1846